UBA wins Social Infrastructure Deal of the Year award
UBA has won the African Investor (Ai) Social Infrastructure Deal of the Year award.
The award was announced at the Ai CEO Infrastructure and Sovereign Investment Summit in Cape Town, South Africa last week.
Now in its 8th year, the highly sought-after Ai Infrastructure Investment Awards formally recognises achievements across the main infrastructure sectors in Africa, and reward the institutions and personalities driving transactions and improving the continent’s infrastructure investment climate.
UBA was given the award for its significant investment in social infrastructure across the continent in building the economic capacity of the communities in which it does its business.
Commenting on the awards, Phillips Oduoza, Group Managing Director/CEO, said it was a reflection of the bank’s commitment to supporting the growth of critical sectors of the African economy with its financial expertise and strong balance sheet.
The Social Infrastructure deal of the year award is third award UBA is winning in the last one month. The bank, in May 2015 won the Corporate Affairs Commission of Nigeria (CAC) Corporate Citizens Award in the ‘Extensive Compliance Category at the maiden edition of the awards ceremony organised by CAC in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory. In the same month of May 2015, UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of UBA Plc, also won the inaugural “Spirit of Lagos Citizens’ Day Award” in the Business and Corporate Organisations category.